Parker et al. 4 reported immediate changes in the respective pressures in 21 patients during mitral commissurotomy — usually an immediate drop. The percentage reduction was higher for the pressure in ...

Patients who responded positively to shunt treatment experienced more beneficial changes in their heart's structure and function compared with nonresponders. After 2 years of follow-up, a post hoc ...

The septum of the heart is a wall of tissue that separates the left and right sides of the heart and enables blood to flow as it should. It consists of the atrial septum and the ventricular septum.

Structural or functional abnormalities within the heart's left atrium, with or without symptoms, may increase a person's risk of developing dementia later in life by 35%, according to new research ...

TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vectorious Medical Technologies Ltd., an innovator in implantable hemodynamic monitoring in heart failure (HF), today announced results of VECTOR-HF I, a ...